UCLA Health Care Institute

Sick Day Management & Injury Prevention
Trauma Informed Care Training to Promote Staff Wellness
Mental Health and Wellness

Oral Health Promotion

Diabetes and Obesity Prevention
HCI provides a structured set of tools and processes for strategic implementation of health promotion, and incorporates various learning formats: in-person education sessions, reading materials and toolkits, webinars and parent trainings. Organization teams also participate in a mock parent-training session that allows teams to experience firsthand what parents would experience during a parent training session.

Since 2001, the HCI has trained over 250,000 families in 7 languages and in 50 states. Its training methodology is used by over 300 Head Start grantees and has consistently delivered measurable outcomes in improving knowledge, changing behavior, and reducing unnecessary utilization of health care services.

Why Is Health Literacy Important?

 
Health literacy has taken center stage as an imperative for improving health care and health outcomes.

Health Literacy is fundamental to individuals to make decisions, manage their health, and achieve health equity.

  • Evaluate and interpret health information
  • Make health decisions
  • Navigate health systems
  • Communicate with health care providers
Fundamental to the innovative approach taken by HCI is the recognition that low health literacy is a key obstacle and that to effectively disseminate knowledge and empower families, materials had to be tailored to the audience’s literacy level, language and culture. Also key to the success of HCI’s methodology is the recognition that relationship building and engagement are fundamental, leading to empowerment of parents and families. Increased health and wellness also leads to increased school readiness.

health literacy
Health literacy is taking center stage as an imperative for improving health care and health outcomes. HCI recognizes that to effectively disseminate knowledge and empower families, materials had to be tailored to the audience’s literacy level, language and culture. HCI recognizes that improving health literacy is a key stepping-stone to creating healthier families, healthier children and healthier communities.

Strategies to Promote Resilience and Wellness for Head Start Staff Through a Trauma Informed Lens

The UCLA Health Care Institute (HCI) is pleased to share with you that applications for its newest training opportunity for Head Start are now available. As you move towards fully in-person comprehensive services, this training can support your ongoing program efforts and activities to better incorporate a trauma-informed approach with a specific focus on promoting resilience and wellness for Head Start and Early Head Start staff. Learn trauma-informed practices and develop a strategic plan identifying current practices and next steps for building a trauma-sensitive and responsive organization. Participating agencies will also participate in multiple quality-improvement coaching calls over a 6-month period and receive evaluation tools to monitor their progress and change.

Program Details

The Trauma Informed Care Training for Head Start will be delivered VIRTUALLY over a 4-week period, 2 days per week, from 9am-1:30pm (Pacific Standard Time). Dates are as follows.

May 1 & 2, 2024
May 8 & 9, 2024
May 15 & 16, 2024
May 22 & 23, 2024

This training will help Head Start organizations and its staff to do the following:

  • Build awareness about their own experiences with trauma and how this impacts their current practice and work with children.
  • Understand their own triggers around children’s behaviors and utilize strategies to support themselves with awareness, reflection and self-care after experiencing burnout and compassion fatigue.
  • Learn trauma-informed practices that support attunement and relationship-building in the workplace, with an emphasis on reflection and inquiry, parallel process and reflective supervision grounded in relationship-based practice.
  • Conduct a self-assessment of their organization that will help identify current practices and next steps for building a trauma-sensitive and-responsive organization.

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For questions, please contact Dr. Ariella Herman at ariella.herman@anderson.ucla.edu or Carol Wang at carol.wang@anderson.ucla.edu

Parents Are Empowered to Be Their Children's First Teacher

 

“We believe health literacy is a door to family engagement, as each fimaly strives to do its best for children, together we are creating healthier families, healthier children, and healthier communities”

Ariella Herman
Research Director

UCLA Health Care Institute 


 

What Can HCI Do For You?

 
Increase school attendance
Increase parent’s work attendance
Increase staff, parent, and community engagement
Improve the health literacy of staff and families
Strengthen community partnerships

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Contact Us

 

UCLA Health Care Institute
Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
UCLA Anderson School of Management
110 Westwood Plaza, Ste C-305
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481

Email Carol Wang at carol.wang@anderson.ucla.edu.